Young Gymnast Among 3 Killed in Shootings Near Orlando

UCF students grieve during a candlelight vigil for slain News 13 journalist Dylan Lyons outside the Nicholson School of Communication and Media on the campus of Central Florida University, in Orlando, Fla., on Feb. 24, 2023. Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel via AP

ORLANDO, Fla.—At age 9, T'yonna Major excelled at her school work and in gymnastics, shown flexing her arms after competitions with newly won medals around her neck in photos her proud dad posted on social media.

“She was a light to everyone that knew her,” the girl’s father, Tokiyo Major, posted on the fundraising site GoFundMe, where he has asked for donations to help pay for his daughter’s funeral. “She was everything to us.”